# Accident 19760915030549A: Cessna A185F, Geraldine, MT, September 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1976
- Place: Geraldine, MT
- Airport: Owen Brothers
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 47.6020° N, 110.2667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Geraldine, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6020&lon=-110.2667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53075, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53075-2012-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 190 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760915030549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MADE 2 LOW PASSES FOLLOWED BY LOW ALT ROLL,SPLIT-S TYPE RECOVERY FRM INVERTED PSN.PLT AT CTLS UNK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA76AS077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS077), Sep 15, 1976: Cessna A185F (N53075), Geraldine, MT, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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